I slept better last night.

I slept better last night. I got up early and had the x-rays my doctor ordered done. Work was fine. When I got off work, I had energy to clean, so I did. I cleaned the kitchen table and counters, swept the sunroom and kitchen floors, then vacuumed the rest of downstairs and FINALLY started shampooing the carpet. I didn't get super far with the shampooing, but I hope I'm up for working on it after work for a few more days. That, and mopping the kitchen floor would make me pretty happy.

While I did all of that, Shaun worked in the yard planting our Teddy Bear Cholla. We bought another one over the weekend, and he planted all 3 today. We just have a few more cacti to get in the ground and we should be done with that one area.

I've got my DEXA scan and titty-squishin' scheduled for the 15th. I'm not super excited about the mammogram, but I guess better safe than sorry.

All in all, it was a productive day. My first (outside of work) in a while. I don't function well when the house is cluttered and a certain level of clean isn't maintained. Me and Shaun have just been too worn out to keep up lately, but hopefully that will change soon. There are no more big projects aside from building the greenhouse, but we have time. As long as we get it done before it's cold out, that's fine.

Now if these animals could just be ok for a bit...

Anyway. I'm crashing out. I know I have unread messages and I apologize. I will get to them soon.

Goodnight, friends. ❤️

I think he's having a bad dream. ☹️

I think he's having a bad dream. ☹️ He's doing little woofs and his hackles are up. I've never seen hackles up in their sleep.

Shaun comforted him and he's ok now.

We're washing the usual couch covers because of his leaking wounds, so that's why the couch looks different if you noticed.

I don't know what happened last night...

I don't know what happened last night, but I slept like shit.

My greenhouse was delivered today. I didn't even have the energy to be excited. I struggled just to get through work.

I also don't know what happened to Scar, but he's been favoring his back left leg since yesterday evening. I hope it's just a sprain. We already have 3 vet appointments this week.

I'm having x-rays done in the morning before work. My doctor ordered them when I saw him, but last week was hard and I didn't get to go.

Cubba is hanging in there. He's turning all crusty, but that puncture is still drippy and gross. He finished his antibiotics over the weekend. We're keeping a close eye on things in case he needs more. His stitches should be coming out on Friday.

Bear is so sad he can't play with Cub. We're doing our best to keep him occupied, but it's not easy.

Goodnight, friends. ❤️

My sleep has been much better...

My sleep has been much better since the day after I started HRT. I spent the weekend mostly resting, but we did go to a few plant nurseries on Saturday and Lowe's today.

Other than that, we've rested as much as we could. It wasn't SUPER relaxing because keeping the dogs separated is hard. Cub and Bear both want to play, but Cub needs to rest and not reopen any of his wounds.

Hopefully, we'll only have one more week of stitches and cone-wearing. I really, really hope that Cub can return to a normal routine after his vet appointment on Friday. I feel like we haven't had much down-time since Bear's surgery, and we could use a break.

Getting some supervised cone-free time.

Getting some supervised cone-free time. He is so, so handsome and extra, super sweet. We love this guy. ❤️

We really thought we were just about done toting this dog around...

We really thought we were just about done toting this dog around after his surgery, but sometimes this is the easiest way to keep him off of Cub.

Shaun dropped Cubba off at the vet earlier because one of his wounds looked pretty gnarly to us. The vet said it was ok, though. Thank goodness.

Shaun said Cub was happy to be at the vet and trotted in with his tail wagging. He went off with the tech with no hesitation. He's never met a stranger and I love that about him. I'm glad he's still friendly despite what he went through. He's the sweetest. ❤️

One of Cubba's wounds isn't looking great...